NEW YORK. – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns met on Friday with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, official representative of Department of State told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The meeting took place in UN Headquarters in New York. Media was not allowed to attend the meeting. Press-office does not release additional details of the meeting, however, according to unofficial information the negotiations between Armenian FM and U.S. Deputy Secretary were focused on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution with Azerbaijan.

According to the U.S. Department of State, soon after the negotiations with Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan, which started at 2:00 p.m., Burns met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.

Both Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs arrived in New York to participate in the 66th session of UN Assembly General.